Vol. 24, No. 21
Mad-As-Hell Letter-Writing 101
School spirit goes haywire at the University of Missouri
By D.J. Wilson
No Way Out
When Wendy Huddleston fell $1,370 behind in child-support payments, she was jailed indefinitely. She needed money or a lawyer -- and she had neither.
By Laura Higgins
Right of Passage
Katie was in a rush to graduate, and McCluer North was eager to send her off. But education is never that simple.
By Jeannette Batz
How Would You Describe Your Fashion Sense?
By Wm. Stage
Net Losses
Cyberporn's sexual pleasure often comes with accompanying financial pain
Letters to the Editor
Published the week of May 24, 2000
St. Louisans, Start Your Engines
Missouri again thumbs its nose at the area's mass-transit needs
By Ray Hartmann
With These Hands
Sleater-Kinney deliver great rock tinged with a womanly sensibility
By René Spencer Saller
King of Rhythms
Catching up with Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart, still on that long, strange trip
By Daniel Durchholz
Beat Happening
Washington Avenue clubs join forces to bring a party to the people
By Randall Roberts
Kelly Hogan and the Pine Valley Cosmonauts with Neko Case
Saturday, May 27; Side Door
By Roy Kasten
Stereo Total and Solex
Wednesday, May 31; Side Door
Devo
Pioneers Who Got Scalped: The Anthology (Rhino)
Lemmy, Slim Jim & Danny B
Lemmy, Slim Jim & Danny B (Cleopatra Records)
By Paul Friswold
Smoke Signals
Touring area 'cue joints proves to be a saucy experience
By Joe Bonwich
M:I-2
Directed by John Woo
By Andy Klein
Late August, Early September
Written and directed by Olivier Assayas
The Color of Paradise
Written and directed by Majid Majidi
By Jean Oppenheimer
Time Code
Written and directed by Mike Figgis
It Takes Two
Argentinean tango masters Nito and Elba Garcia trip lightly into town
By Byron Kerman
Treemonisha
By Scott Joplin (Opera Theatre of St. Louis)
By Mike Isaacson
Tragedy is easy. Balloon animals are hard.
Street performers gather to compete at West Port Plaza
Inside the Soap Box
Michael Moore gets out of his La-Z-Boy to find The Awful Truth
By Robert Wilonsky